Rabbi Nathan

Rabbi Nathan

male
babylon, R. Hananiah, Dorot ha-Rishonim, R. Simon ben Gamaliel III, Hor., H. Grätz…JewofBabylonia, land of Israel, Babylonia
Rabbi Nathan was a Palestinian tanna of the third generation (2nd century), the son of a Babylonian exilarch. For unknown reasons he left...
Rav Ashi

Rav Ashi

male, deceased (427)
sura, Jewish person, babylonian, Naresh, Amoraim, Babylonian Talmud…Talmudic academies in Babylonia, Talmud rabbi of Babylonia, JewofBabylonia
Rav Ashi ("Rabbi Ashi") (352-427) was a celebrated Jewish religious scholar, a Babylonian amora, who reestablished the academy at Sura and was...

Yochanan ben Nuri

male
geometry, shabbat, sabbath, akiba, Mishnah rabbi, Er.…JewofBabylonia
Yochanan ben Nuri was a Tanna of the first and second centuries, junior of Gamaliel II and senior of Akiba (Sifra, Ḳedoshim, iv. 9; Ar. 16b; co...

Nathan ben Isaac Ha-Babli

male
Jewish, historian, Yuḥasin, babylonian, Gesch, Zacuto…JewofBabylonia
Nathan ben Isaac ha-Kohen ha-Babli was a Babylonian historian of the 10th century. He was the author of a history of the exilarchate that gives...

Judah ben Ezekiel

male, deceased (299)
hebrew, babylonian, Er., amora, Ḳid., Ber.…JewofBabylonia
Judah ben Ezekiel (Hebrew: יהודה בן יחזקאל) was a Babylonian amora of the 2nd generation. He was the most prominent disciple of Rav (Abba Arika),...